6Methodology
This book is intended as a guide to carbon emissions and the built environment rather than a precise technical textbook. Therefore, this chapter is an introduction to the current state of embodied and whole life carbon methodology. It is worth noting that progress in this area is speeding up through both the IWLCIB/RICS project (due 2017) mentioned in the Introduction, and BREEAM 2018, which together are expected to bring WLC into the mainstream.
The principal measurement metrics described in this chapter for assessing whole life carbon efficiency are BS EN 159781 (and 15804 materials),2 life cycle analysis (LCA), marginal abatement cost curve analysis (MAC curves) and carbon cost analysis (CCA). Together, these provide for comprehensive ...
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